Introduction to nanoscience

Dr. V . Satya Narayana Murthy

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Hyderabad Campus
 Industrial revolutions

First (~ 1765 – 1840) Second (~ 1870 – 1940) Third (~ 1970 – 2000) Fourth (present)

Mechanical production Mass production Digital Cyber – Physical

systems
Steam, water Electricity IT, electronics
Physical + digital +
biological

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Industry 4.0

Cloud computing

Blockchain Big data

Internet of things Digital Virtual reality
Artificial intelligence Augmented reality

Autonomous vehicles Physical Biological Neurotechnology

Advanced robotics Synthetic biology
Nanotechnology Bioprinting
genetics
3D printing

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 There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom

First lecture on technology and engineering at the atomic scale

To describe a field, in which little has been done, but in which

an enormous amount can be done in principle

Why cannot we write the entire 24 volumes of

the Encyclopedia Britannica on the head of a
pin?

The problem of manipulating and controlling things on a small scale

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Manipulating things on a small scale

Positioning single atoms with a scanning tunneling

microscope (STM)
D. M. Eiger & E. K. Schweizer; Nature 344 (1990) 5

Bucky Ball Abacus

Maria Teresa Cuberes, James K. Gimzewski, and Reto
R. Schlittler; App. Phy. Lett. 69 (1996) 3016

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Data storage

International magnetic storage industry consortium roadmap

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ITRS: International Technology
Roadmap for Semiconductors

ASTC: Advanced Storage

Technology Consortium

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